Errrr...Sorry About That!

Apparently I haven't posted since April, so I guess I need to get on that!

Just a quick summary of how things are going:

I've solved my eyeliner woes.  I was recommended Stila's waterproof eyeliner marker pen thingie, and holy moly it has changed my life!  It is so easy to use and goes on so perfectly and doesn't smudge or smear.  I can literally sleep on it and wake up and wear it again the next day!

Birchbox is still going strong.  I'm especially excited that I got to pick my own nail polish for the July box!

May 2014 Birchbox.  Traded that lipgloss with my BFF for a bright pink instead of coral!

June 2014 box.  Pretty decent stuff!

I tried Ipsy...and after receiving my third bag and the eyeliner explosion that ruined one of my shirts, I promptly cancelled my subscription.  They did send me a new eyeliner and a bonus item, but it was too little too late, and the eyeliner was a cheap imitation of the the Stila featured above anyway.

In OTHER NEWS!  I've decided to give StitchFix a go!  I love shopping, but hate styling myself and I've never felt that I'm good at coordinating accessories/outfits, so I'm super stoked to have someone do that for me!  If you don't know what the service is, you pay $20 and fill out a style profile and someone picks five items of clothes for you, and you keep what you like.  The $20 styling fee can be used towards the purchase of an item from your fix.  If you keep all five items, you get them at a discount.  I'm a little nervous, as I'm scared my clothes will be pricey, but I'm excited at the same time.

If any of you are interested, please feel free to use my referral code!  And of course I'll blog my fix when I receive it!

Also...I HAVE PINK HAIR!!! YAY SUMMER BREAK!!!

And I got my septum pierced.

Eyeliner on point!  Thanks Stila!

Until next time! :)

April Birchbox: Rainy Days

Sorry it seems it has been a while since my last update.  I will definitely post why towards the end of this entry.  I just wanted to say that I received my April Birchbox, themed Rainy Days, this week and I was very pleased! :)

This time around I received an eyebrow gel, a tinted CC cream with SPF, a gel exfoliator, a very pretty minty-green nail polish from Color Club, and a Kind bar.  I'm excited about the Kind bar (I'm totally hoarding it for when I get super hungry and can REALLY enjoy it).

Here is the enclosed card with the full products list:

I especially loved the color scheme of this particular box with the aqua colored tissue paper instead of the usual dark pink.  It was a nice change that really complimented the theme.

As for the products, the only thing I'm not too crazy about is the Anastasia Beverly Hills brow gel.  I don't really do much to my brows except pluck them on occasion.  I did try the gel, but didn't notice anything different except that my eyebrows felt kind of stiff and I couldn't stop touching them.  I have a friend that was crazy excited about the sample, however, so I have a home for it.  Glad I could help someone out. :)

And I'll definitely review each item as I use it.  I have found that I am still REALLY stoked about the Coola tinted matte moisturizer I received last month.  It doesn't really do much for me on the moisturizing front, but I love how it evens out my tone and provides SPF.  I wore it to the beach this week and was pretty pleased.  I'm definitely considering using my points to purchase the full-size.


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As for why I haven't been posting much - I have been dealing with some stressful news.  Both of my older dogs have been diagnosed with heartworms and have started their four-month treatment.  The procedure is very costly and so I have set up a GoFundMe page for anyone who is interested in making a contribution, however tiny.  Every little bit helps.  If you are interested in giving, or can share the page, please do.  Thanks. <3

Eyeliner Overkill

I swear...it's always something.  The struggle goes on...

Today I actually had time to do my makeup at home, so I decided to go for some eyeliner.  It started off okay, but then after I messed up my left eye, then I tried to wipe some off and smudged it, then I started trying to make it even...and I just ended up with way too much.  And then it's not even really nice looking and THEN on top of that I have the messiest hair going on today...and it's raining.  And it's only Tuesday.  And and and...

Le sigh.

What color are my eyes, even?  They aren't blue, they aren't green, they aren't grey...and what is that little brown spot that has recently appeared there?  Am I dying?  Eyeliner poisoning?!

So I think I'm ready to try something different.  I have an eyeliner pencil that I am going to try next time, and then I'm also looking into getting the Mary Kay gel eyeliner, so there's that.  Anywho, I can relate so much to this graphic right now:

Messy hair, messy eyeliner don't care.  Happy Tuesday.

Also, just in case anyone was wondering, the eyeliner I've been using since I started this adventure is Hard Candy's Walk the Line.  The brush isn't very fine, so maybe that is part of the reason for my struggle?

Image from KraseyBeauty.com.

EDIT: Okay, in hindsight, and not looking so CLOSE UP AT MYSELF IN THE MIRROR, I don't think my eyeliner looks all THAT bad.  Right...?  I think maybe it is too much without enough of anything else.  I really need to start experimenting with my eyeshadow palette!

Told you my hair was messy - I'm in disguise as a student today.

The Oops Birchbox Arrived!

I got my second Birchbox in the mail yesterday.  Only one overlap in products between the two boxes, and that is the Air Repair lip balm stuff (that I really didn't even like, so meh).

Here's a picture:

A lotion, a hair serum (LOVE hair care product samples so MUCH), a cleanser and lotion set (excited the lotion is oil-free!), and an eyeliner pencil.  I am a little iffy about this eyeliner pencil...it is metallic pea green, called "Lagoon green."  I'm just barely getting the hang of wearing black eyeliner, so green seems a little more adventurous than I am ready for.  Not to mention that I just don't think that pea green is my color and I can't imagine matching it to a single thing in my wardrobe.  Why not send the purple or blue, which are for sell on the website?  Those are fun colors that I could match to lots of things!  Ah well, it'll be interesting.  I'll definitely post pictures and a review when I get around to trying it!

Secretly just let me say that I'm happy this was NOT the first box I received this month...I would have been just slightly disappointed.  My first box was pretty amazing.  I'm still getting around to sampling some of the stuff, though.  I'm going to try the Curl Keeper this weekend.  I'm always scared to try new stuff on days before I head to work; you never know how it might turn out!

Um...What's Up, Birchbox?

So I love my Birchbox coming in monthly.  I especially loved it when I figured out that I could review my products on their website during the month and earn points for those reviews.  But all of a sudden the website isn't cooperating with me?!

So on my account page, it shows my FEBRUARY shipping information, although at one point it did show March.  Then my March box disappeared from my "Boxes" page.  When I emailed about this, they assumed that I didn't get my box and shipped me another one.  Okay?  I'm really excited about getting a second box this month, but really I just wanted the website to work?!  So I emailed again and tried to clarify my problem, this time including screencaps.  Now my March box preview works (at one point I was seeing the March 2012 box preview and wow, what I tease/let down that was; it was amazing!), but it is for the new box and not the products I received in the original box.

Also it seems that I got my March box almost a week earlier than my other friends, so I'm not sure if there is some sort of glitch on their end or what?  So yeah, expect another unboxing for March's Spring Forward box...the preview is showing only one sample overlap.  I feel a little guilty, but I think my original email was straightforward and they misinterpreted it.  I suppose it is pretty amazing customer service!

My Hair Matches Again!

My sister did my hair yesterday morning! :)  Although our agreed upon time was 10am, I still had to ring the doorbell and knock and call continuously for over five minutes before she finally came to the door (yes, she was sleeping and yes, she sleeps HARD)!  I am a good sister, though, so I brought her some yummy coffee and doughnuts from Dunkin Donuts.

So when it comes to my hair, I use Kaleiodocolors in purple, and I decided to go ahead and get the bucket this go around.  After a bit of experimentation, it turns out that my hair needs 30 volume developer (we started with 20 back about two years ago when my sister started to do my hair, but it would never lighten enough).  Then we tone it with Wella's T28 toner, which used to be called Princess Blonde.  I like feeling like a princess.  Rapunzel is my favorite. :)

All mixed up and ready to go! Also, those paper towels things are called Wubbies.  Wubbies?!  Who named them Wubbies and why?  This is something I'm dying to know.  Anywho...

 And the magic is done!  This is an above shot of my hair. I love how it always turns out.  Franki, my sister, does the best job.  She is pregnant right now (it's a GIRL! :D) so she isn't working, but she says she misses doing hair.  I'm glad to have her around to do mine because she keeps me beautiful! :)

I also have some brown underneath and we tried to lighten some of it to eventually blend back into the blonde.  Unfortunately it was a very stubborn brown, so it lightened, but is still dark.  I think it looks really cool, though!  Baby steps on the hair.  Just happy my roots are all matchy-matchy again! :)  Thanks again, sis! <3

Ultimate Bum

I never said this journey was going to be easy...

And I definitely never said I wasn't a bum.

Today's teacher workday meant I DIDN'T BRUSH MY HAIR (yay sleeping in! and yay messy wad of hair!) and I wore YESTERDAY'S MAKEUP.

You know, I just wiped the little raccoon rings out my under my eyes and called it a day.  It still looked good, right?

I girly-fied this picture to make up for how much I was bumming it. ;)

 Messy hair don't care!

Super happy with my new Gap jeans! :D

I DID come home and pluck my eyebrows, so that is something, right?

Also, *FINGERS CROSSED* I can manage to get my roots done this weekend around my busy schedule.  They are looking TOO RIDICULOUS!!!

TORI OUT!